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How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by tester457 »

Havoc wrote: post #3

It is the classic & interesting question, but from watching other creators it seems to miss a key variable: Reliability of monetization. Someone may love making videos, has a reliable core audience and good views from western audience (and thus high pay rate). However if it costs them 1k to make a vid and the algo is hit/miss as to whether it gets demonetized or not then that becomes a show stopper issue. If you make…

I've seen twitch let's players say they wish they prioritized youtube first because they claimed youtube revenue is larger and more reliable than twitch subs.

But gamers are able to publish a video nearly, a contrast from the kind of youtuber that spends 1k on a video like you mentioned.

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by chongli »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #98
chongli wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Making videos taking time away from actually making stuff and making the projects take 10X longer. So I stopped. Check out Kenji Lopez-Alt [1]. He’s an award-winning chef who makes cooking videos by strapping a GoPro to his head and going to work in his home kitchen. He has basically none of the fancy production you see on cooking TV shows. Yet his videos are very popular because he’s a great chef and he tells you th…

Kenji isn't really representative of the path most people can take. His reputation is almost exclusively from his superb cooking articles (and recipes). The Youtube channel is a side dish, not the main course.

I said his videos are very popular because he’s a great chef. Nowhere did I imply that you can go from nothing to famous person by strapping a GoPro to your head. I mentioned Kenji because he’s an example of someone who makes great videos with absolute bare minimum production effort. The person I replied to talked about how video production had gotten in the way of the enjoyment of the craft. I think Kenji’s videos are a perfect example of how to avoid that problem. That doesn’t mean following this advice will lead to instant wealth and fame.

Ultimately, there is no formula for fame because audiences are fickle and trends are fleeting.

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by drBonkers »

chongli wrote: post #78
hahamrfunnyguy wrote: post #7

I started a YouTube channel at the end of 2017 and published on YouTube on a regular basis for a bit over a year. My best year was about $1,500. I've made $4,600 since I started the channel. At the channel's peak, I was trying to publish a DIY video where I would build something two or three times a month. I started the channel because I enjoy making stuff and thought I would be able to do more of it and maybe get pa…

Making videos taking time away from actually making stuff and making the projects take 10X longer. So I stopped. Check out Kenji Lopez-Alt [1]. He’s an award-winning chef who makes cooking videos by strapping a GoPro to his head and going to work in his home kitchen. He has basically none of the fancy production you see on cooking TV shows. Yet his videos are very popular because he’s a great chef and he tells you th…

Do you reckon he uses the built-in microphone, or an external?

This channel is amazing. I learn best by simply watching others do, and this will surely help me advance my culinary art!

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by dsir »

In terms of monetization I think content creators are better served focusing on leveraging their reach to build up a community to support them instead of optimizing primarily for ad revenue. Platforms like YouTube have continuously shown that relying on automated ad systems is unreliable and puts your ability to monetize subject to the whims of the advertisers. Many established creators have wrongfully received demonetization strikes against their channels threatening their livelihood.

It seems like the biggest asset that creators are creating are the communities that form around them and their niche. The people who consume content within a niche tend to be very likeminded and often times quite willing to rally behind and support the bastions propelling the niches that they identify with. Even for smaller creators, I've seen time and time again that all you need is one or two highly dedicated and engaged fans to make being a creator an extremely lucrative endeavour.

I've been working on a platform to help content creators diversify their revenue streams and offer their communities as one of their product offerings in addition to their content. The hope is to allow creators to better capture their community and monetize from their niche.

https://sociables.com/creators

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by elintknower »

This guy only has 4k subscribers and averages only 1.2k views per video... that's not good.

I run a channel that produces AI content / tutorials and I do better than this only using 2-6 hours per week.

The devrel / dev content niche is hardly a niche anymore - thinking about a market is everything and as others have said building an audience you can market to with brand partners is where most of the $$ comes from these days.

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by agumonkey »

mwidell wrote: post #88
petepete wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey Micael. I've been a subscriber for years, love your channel and all things macro photography in general. Really wasn't expecting you to pop up on hn!

Appreciate that :) In a previous life I was a programmer/CTO, so it's an old habit to visit HN.

Did you foresee a 5 year span before stable revenue (and indirectly, did you have to alter your ways/work to have better views and workflow) ? Also did you try other platforms ?

Kudos on the dedication :)

Re: How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

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Post by tracker1 »

hahamrfunnyguy wrote: post #65
michaelt wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, you can't build much in the ~10 minutes of a typical youtube video. So presumably by "one take" hahamrfunnyguy means he: * Stopped recording driving to pick up materials, placing orders where there's a wait for parts to come in, and suchlike. * Stopped recording things speculatively, just in case he decides to make a video later. * Stopped worrying about 'narratives' and 'thumbnails' and 'the algorithm' when wo…

Pretty good summary of all the stuff that goes into a DIY build videos. Now I just show the finished product and talk about some of the design details and problems solved along the way. I think there's a lot of value in this sort of content, but I haven't made enough of them to know if it's something people actually want to watch.

Can't speak for others, but I have several channels I follow where this is effectively the format... It's a bit harder at times where it's just a tripod in the corner, and might be more effective with a headband mounted gopro depending on your work. But other than that, just appreciate enough instruction and video to understand how things are being worked on, usually fast forwarding (in the edit) through the more laborious (time consuming) parts.

But I follow such a wide variety of topics from political, to technical, to PC gaming to food (keto, general, other) and home construction or even electronics DIY stuff. I think YouTube has trouble figuring me out... I tend to get fed too much of one thing over time, and have to go into my subscribe list (a few hundred) and start watching from the more recent, or specific channels depending on what I'm in the mood for.

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